Morita died Thursday at his home in Las Vegas of natural causes, said his wife of 12 years, Evelyn. She said in a statement that her husband, who first rose to fame with a role on "Happy Days," had "dedicated his entire life to acting and comedy."

Morita said in a 1986 interview with The Associated Press he was billed as Noriyuki "Pat" Morita in the film because producer Jerry Weintraub wanted him to sound more ethnic. He said he used the billing because it was "the only name my parents gave me."

Actor Pat Morita Dies at 73

I went to bed around 1:00 A.M. and woke up at 4:45 A.M. I got to the
exit for Best Buy around 4:55 A.M. I was at the exit for about 20
minutes, finally I got onto the street in front of best buy and there
was a line to get into the parking lot. So I went across the street
and drove around a parking lot for about 20 minutes looking for a spot,
couldn't find one so I went to the bank that was right next door, I
parked between two cars that were both parked in handi capped spots.

It was probably around 5:30 A.M. at the time and I ran across to Best
Buy. Of course the $150 computer was sold out, but they had plenty of
hard drives, I stood in line from about 5:35 til 6:10, I was holding in
a big shit I had to take this whole time, I was so close to the front,
but I just couldn't take it anymore.

I got out of line and ran to the bathroom, I went into the mens
bathroom and it only had two stalls and they were both occupied. I had
to go really bad, so I checked out the girls bathroom, I took a giant
shit in there and ran out past this old lady washing her hands.

My mom ordered sushi, and we made a mountain of nachos. It kind of felt like a rite of passage."

After his family initiation, Tom bought six or seven joints of his own for a camping trip, "and that was cool too." But his new girlfriend didn't approve of pot, or him on it. "She said there was this separation thing that happened whenever I smoked." So Tom gave it up, even though his older sister had just given him a nice handmade pipe for his birthday. "But my other sister could care less about pot. Lots of kids try it and don't like it. I think it's totally individual."

Pass The Weed, Dad.

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The 38-year-old professional wrestler didn't answer a wakeup call Sunday and didn't respond to a knock on his hotel-room door, according to newspaper reports. Security guards and Guerrero's nephew forced their way into his room and found the 5-feet-8, 220-pound wrestler on the floor, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.

Guerreo's nephew, fellow WWE performer Chavo Guerrero, said Guerrero had battled drug and alcohol abuse in the past but had celebrated four years of sobriety just days ago. He denied drugs or alcohol played a part in Guerrero's death.

Guerrero was in Minneapolis with 60 to 80 other wrestlers to film "Friday Night Smackdown" at the Target Center, according to the Star Tribune.

Guerrero became WWE champion in February 2004 and lost the title four months later.

The WWE said its show in Minneapolis on Sunday night would go on as a tribute to Guerrero.

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